INTEL CENTRINO PROCESSOR

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology

With new laptop PCs based on Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology for the home, or Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology for business, you'll experience a new breakthrough in mobile performance, enabled longer battery life, the future of wireless now with 802.11n standard, and more, right at your fingertips.‡ Delivering performance gains of up to 50%¹ enabled by a minimum 3MB Smart Cache and 1066MHz Front Side Bus, these laptops are equipped to handle everything from robust business to masterful multimedia and everything in between. And with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, you'll make quick work of the toughest computing tasks like HD video encoding—up to 90% faster², so you can accomplish more without the wait.
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Features and benefits
Upgrade performance. Built on hafnium-based Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and next-generation Intel® Core™2 processor, new Intel Centrino 2 processor technology provides a minimum of 3MB smart cache and 1066 Front Side Bus, providing performance gains of up to 50 percent.‡

Empower multitasking. By upgrading to notebooks with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology your mobile workforce can make quick work of the toughest computing tasks such as 90 percent faster HD video encodingµ and integrated Intel® Turbo Boost so you have everything you need to run Microsoft Windows Vista with support for full Aero*.

Stay productive with the longest possible battery life. Notebooks with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology will keep you unwired longer with Intel® Intelligent Power Capability and Deep Power Down Technology built in.

Unleash multimedia. With up to 90 percent faster performance when compressing HD videosº and over 3X better 3D graphics performanceµ, you'll enjoy your HD entertainment experience at home or on the fly.

The future of wireless now. With integrated WiFi, you'll get up to 5X the speed when connecting wirelessly to your Wireless N home network and up to 5X better wireless performance for even faster Wireless N technology that's just around the corner.∇

With WiMAX rolling out in cities around the world, you’ll want to add optional WiMAX-enabled notebooks powered by Intel Centrino 2 processor technology.Φ Positioning you at the cutting edge of 4G wireless, these notebooks offer the fast, high-performance Internet experience you’ve come to require for your mobile workforce.
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Intel® vPro™ Technology


Notebook and desktop PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology enable IT to take advantage of hardware-assisted security and manageability capabilities that enhance their ability to maintain, manage, and protect their business PCs. And with the latest IT management consoles from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with native Intel vPro technology support, IT can now take advantage of enhanced features to manage notebooks over a wired or corporate wireless network- or even outside the corporate firewall through a wired LAN connection.

PCs with Intel vPro technology integrate robust hardware-based security and enhanced maintenance and management capabilities that work seamlessly with ISV consoles.¹ Because these capabilities are built into the hardware, Intel vPro technology provides IT with the industry's first solution for OS-absent manageability and down-the-wire security even when the PC is off, the OS is unresponsive, or software agents are disabled.²